Eryngium expansum
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Family Apiaceae
Taxonomy: Eryngium expansum F.Muell. ex Klatt
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eryngium exspansum A.D.Chapm. (orthographic variant)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (9), NHNSW_2024 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 28 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 52.5 mm (10-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_width (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed_deep (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2024 | 8 | 13 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 7 | 9 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |